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Weeknotes 2024W29
Typewriter fonts, writing, and politics but mostly just what I learned about Rails this week.
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Wellbeing Tools or, A Long Overdue Apology
Part public apology, part gentle nudge for whoever may be reading this to do *something* to make themselves feel better, and part documenting some of the tools that form the foundation of my wellbeing.
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Weeknotes 2024W28
I'm trying something new. Even more documentation!
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heyjohn: A Vision For A Better Social Media
I'm now running my own private social media website for my friends.
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Creating Something
What I learned (re)building my website in Astro.
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A Love Letter to my Laptop
My laptop and I have been through a lot together.
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My Weekly Review Process
A guide for my personal weekly review process for reorganizing, clearing my plate, checking-in with myself, and re-aligning my goals.
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Why and How to Keep Track of Your Accomplishments as a PCV
An overview of how I use a brag document to list my accomplishments as a Peace Corps Volunteer.
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Essaouira Travel Guide
A working list of places to go to when you are in Essaouira, Morocco.
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Finances and Bookkeeping
An overview of how I use plain text accounting and beancount to manage my finances
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How I Use Obsidian as a Peace Corps Volunteer
A simple guide for how I use the note-taking tool Obsidian in my daily life and work as a Peace Corps Volunteer
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Task Management and Notebook Workflow
How I setup and use a physical notebook for task management and to make sure nothing gets forgotten.
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Brainstorming
Useful guidelines for productive brainstorming sessions.
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Styling
Exploring Tailwind instead of using CSS.
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Have a Website
The importance and value small businesses get from having their own website.
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Sorting Algorithms
We spent the day sorting baseball cards with the help of computer science.
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Tech Stocks
A first pass macroeconomic explanation of why tech stocks are going down.
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APIs
A shallow dive into what exactly APIs are.
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What Is The Internet
A description of the internet in simple language.
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Proton
My favorite email service got an update.
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RSS
Exploring a new (to me) technology
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Markdown
Describing a simple and universal markup language.
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Gaming With Patrick
How gaming can reinforce friendship.
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Complibot
Building my first Discord bot.
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Jammy Jellyfish
The release of Ubuntu 22.04.
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IRC
My experience with using Internet Relay Chat for the first time.
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Ergodox
My new split mechanical keyboard.